Does Windows XP home have a RAM limitation?

[Jason]

Does Windows XP Home Edition have a limit on the amount of RAM it can
properly manage? My system runs fine with 512mb, but everytime I try to
upgrade to 1GB, regardless of the manufacturer of the memory, Windows scan
disks on boot up giving me "TRUNCATING BADLY LINKED ATTRIBUTE RECORDS."
Once Scan disk is done, I'll get in fine and then after awhile a little
bubble pops up in the lower right saying that file C:\????? is corrupted and
I should run checkdisk. Both DIMM modules are PC2700 - 512MB ram,
Unbuffered non-ECC, they are both PNY, but I've tried having the second chip
be a Kingston chip, no difference. Mother board is the Tyan Trinity KT400
S2495an with an AMD Athlon XP3000+.

Thanks!

(Maybe I should be running XP Professional with this amount of RAM, but I'd
like to be sure)

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Both XP Home and XP Pro support up to 4 GB of RAM.

Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| Does Windows XP Home Edition have a limit on the amount of RAM it can
| properly manage? My system runs fine with 512mb, but everytime I try to
| upgrade to 1GB, regardless of the manufacturer of the memory, Windows scan
| disks on boot up giving me "TRUNCATING BADLY LINKED ATTRIBUTE RECORDS."
| Once Scan disk is done, I'll get in fine and then after awhile a little
| bubble pops up in the lower right saying that file C:\????? is corrupted and
| I should run checkdisk. Both DIMM modules are PC2700 - 512MB ram,
| Unbuffered non-ECC, they are both PNY, but I've tried having the second chip
| be a Kingston chip, no difference. Mother board is the Tyan Trinity KT400
| S2495an with an AMD Athlon XP3000+.
|
| Thanks!
|
| (Maybe I should be running XP Professional with this amount of RAM, but I'd
| like to be sure)

 

[Jim Macklin]

Jason,
see http://www.tyan.com/support/html/memory_s2495.html for
memory limitations and recommendation from Tyan. also
ftp://ftp.tyan.com/manuals/a_s2495_100.pdf
and ftp://ftp.tyan.com/manuals/m_s2495_102.pdf

Are you running FAT32 or NTFS?


--
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But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


message | Both XP Home and XP Pro support up to 4 GB of RAM.
|
| Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool
| http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp
|
| --
| Carey Frisch
| Microsoft MVP
| Windows XP - Shell/User
|
| Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
|
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx
|
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|
| "Jason" wrote:
|
|| Does Windows XP Home Edition have a limit on the amount
of RAM it can
|| properly manage? My system runs fine with 512mb, but
everytime I try to
|| upgrade to 1GB, regardless of the manufacturer of the
memory, Windows scan
|| disks on boot up giving me "TRUNCATING BADLY LINKED
ATTRIBUTE RECORDS."
|| Once Scan disk is done, I'll get in fine and then after
awhile a little
|| bubble pops up in the lower right saying that file
C:\????? is corrupted and
|| I should run checkdisk. Both DIMM modules are PC2700 -
512MB ram,
|| Unbuffered non-ECC, they are both PNY, but I've tried
having the second chip
|| be a Kingston chip, no difference. Mother board is the
Tyan Trinity KT400
|| S2495an with an AMD Athlon XP3000+.
||
|| Thanks!
||
|| (Maybe I should be running XP Professional with this
amount of RAM, but I'd
|| like to be sure)
|

 

[Bob Willard]

Does Windows XP Home Edition have a limit on the amount of RAM it can
properly manage? My system runs fine with 512mb, but everytime I try to
upgrade to 1GB, regardless of the manufacturer of the memory, Windows scan
disks on boot up giving me "TRUNCATING BADLY LINKED ATTRIBUTE RECORDS."
Once Scan disk is done, I'll get in fine and then after awhile a little
bubble pops up in the lower right saying that file C:\????? is corrupted and
I should run checkdisk. Both DIMM modules are PC2700 - 512MB ram,
Unbuffered non-ECC, they are both PNY, but I've tried having the second chip
be a Kingston chip, no difference. Mother board is the Tyan Trinity KT400
S2495an with an AMD Athlon XP3000+.

Thanks!

(Maybe I should be running XP Professional with this amount of RAM, but I'd
like to be sure)

Search the web for memtest86; download and run it to see if one of your
RAM sticks is bad.

 

[Nathan McNulty]

Or MemTest86+ from www.memtest.org